Re^5: scraping ASP page, __VIEWSTATE problem

As usual, track with Wireshark the difference between what your Perl script sends and what your browser sends when you access the page with it.

Also, consider just automating the page using WWW::Scripter or WWW::Mechanize::Firefox, both of which know how to handle Javascript.

Comment on Re^5: scraping ASP page, __VIEWSTATE problem

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^6: scraping ASP page, __VIEWSTATE problem by mdupont (Scribe) on Nov 21, 2010 at 17:11 UTC
Thanks Corion, It shows from wireshark that the post is not even connecting at all. Seems to be a problem. The send handlers shows that it tries, but the connection times out. Strange. Mike	[reply]
Re^7: scraping ASP page, __VIEWSTATE problem by mdupont (Scribe) on Nov 21, 2010 at 18:03 UTC
I have solved the problem, it was the timeouts. I set the timeout to be shorter and retried it many times, not it works. update: here is the new script : http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jamesmikedupont/aspxezxs/aspxtraktor/annotate/head%3A/aspxtraktor_votes.pl thanks for your help. mike	[reply]